Singapore's first LNG truck loading facility ready for operations

Singapore's first LNG truck loading facility ready for operations

Singapore LNG Corporation and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
jointly launched the city-state's first LNG truck loading facility
Wednesday, which is ready to commence operations, MPA said Thursday. Located
within the SLNG Terminal on Jurong Island, the single-bay facility is an
important first step in developing the LNG trucking business in Singapore,
helping to facilitate truck-to-ship LNG bunkering, MPA said in a statement.

SLNG and MPA signed a memorandum of understanding at the Singapore
International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition in 2016 to collaborate on
construction of the facility.

"As the leading bunkering hub in the world, we need to ensure that we cater
to the future energy needs of the global shipping industry by providing
cleaner, alternative sources of fuel," MPA CEO Andrew Tan said in the
statement.

"While it may take time for LNG to take off as a marine fuel globally, we
have taken steps to kick-start LNG bunkering in Singapore ... completion of
the truck loading facility marks another important milestone," he added.

Singapore has launched several initiatives to promote cleaner fuels,
including LNG bunkering, at the world's largest bunkering port.

The MPA in 2016 awarded two LNG bunker supplier licenses, to Pavilion Gas
and to a joint proposal between Keppel Offshore & Marine and BG Group.

At the time, it pledged to work with the two license holders to develop the
necessary infrastructure for them to begin supplying LNG bunker to vessels
in Singapore in early 2017.

The MPA earlier in April also signed a memorandum of cooperation with
Japan's Ports and Harbours Bureau to promote co-operation in various areas
including port planning, port management, technological development in the
port sector and LNG bunkering.

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